Letter: Driving school bus not worth hassle in contracts

Looking for a job? BCPS is in serious need of bus drivers. Interested? Apply at BCPS Human Resources.

Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen.

Must be willing to work nights and weekend jobs with other employers, all the while working double and extra duties that drivers are now doing because the department is 10 to 12 drivers short (yet all of our commitments are being met).

Junior drivers need to work as described above to earn above the poverty level.

Must be able to safely operate a large vehicle in traffic while managing seventy or more students, some of whom are unruly, disrespectful, vulgar speaking (sometimes calling you vulgar names cursing at you, even threatening you).

Wow, what an environment to work in.

Must be willing to work multiples of years under the same contract terms while other departments receive new contracts.

Drivers' wages have been frozen for four years now. The cost of living has continually risen.

Drivers were finally offered a new contract; it was a take it or leave it offer.

We rejected it.

But we did get a thank you, handshake, and an apple each year. And if you were able to endure, a service award pin.

Luckily I am able to retire at the end of this school year. Many others will lose a lot they have worked for.

TGIF (Thank God I'm Finished).

Greg Parker

Retiring bus driver

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Letter: Driving school bus not worth hassle in contracts

Looking for a job? BCPS is in serious need of bus drivers. Interested? Apply at BCPS Human Resources.